Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 185 N60925

19 October 1983 · Key West, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 October 1983 at about 10:55 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N60925, operated by George Delatorre, was involved in an accident near Key West, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 10:55
Classification
Accident
Location
Key West, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Key West Int'l. (EYW)
Coordinates
24.5499, -81.7810
Aircraft
Cessna 185
Registration
N60925
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
George Delatorre
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Miami → Cancum
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Dawn
NTSB number
MIA84LA011

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS ON A FLT FROM MIAMI, FL TO CANCUM, MEXICO WHEN THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EN ROUTE STOP AT KEY WEST, FL TO CHECK THE WX. DURING THE LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AN EXAM REVEALED A WEAR PATTERN ON THE LANDING GEAR & FUSELAGE STRUCTURE IN THE VICINITY OF THE UPPER END OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SPRING INSTALLATIONS. THE FILLET PLATE & SEAL AROUND THE UPPER END OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SPRING WERE DEFORMED & SHATTERED. ALSO, THE SPRING ATTACH BOLT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE STRUCTURE. REPORTEDLY, THE ACFT HAD MADE NUMEROUS LANDINGS ON ROUGH FIELDS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. THE OWNER RESIDED IN COSTA RICA, HIS LOG BOOKS & RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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